homosexuality; homosexual love
Confessions of a Mask (1949 novel by Yukio Mishima)
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
The Sea of Fertility (tetralogy by Mishima)
buzzword; vogue word; popular phrase
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
Mie Prefecture (Kinki area)
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
adopted daughter; foster daughter
Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (esp. in an online game)
imperious; proud; heavy (nasal breathing)
to feel indebted (to); to feel grateful; to be much obliged
glove (esp. in sports); mitt; globe
half a point (esp. in go)
to conquer (e.g. an enemy); to defeat; to overcome (a difficulty); to out-hit
boldly; bravely; resolutely; determinedly
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
scene; view; prospect; outlook
tourist information (brochure, map, center)
pamphlet; brochure; leaflet
without reservation; freely; frankly
in the mountains; among the mountains
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
just after a holiday break; the first day after the holidays
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to grumble about something (trivial)
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
solid; firm; stout; burly; strong; sturdy
breathing of a sleeping person
geta; traditional Japanese wooden sandal; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character; net; geta
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line
wickedness; sideways; unreasonable
erotic humiliation; sexual humiliation; deliberate provocation of shame or embarrassment for erotic pleasure
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap